The Tough Guy Hides the Villainess

033 – Third-Class Calamity Ability User #3

033 – Third-Class Calamity Ability User #3

Receiving a commendation from a high-ranking person at the police station and upgrading to the Knight Brooch!

Then you get the qualification to access the “Treasure Exhibition” and borrow tools semi-permanently!

I heard that the “Treasure Exhibition” is full of bizarre treasures collected by senior awakeners while exploring the “Great Labyrinth.”

Since you can only choose one treasure from there, you have to be very careful.

‘What items are waiting for me?’

While I was throbbing with anticipation, the classroom door creaked open, and someone wearing a police cap entered the class.

It was a woman wearing extremely short hot pants, a white T-shirt, and dangerously high heels.

Several handcuffs dangled from her waist like fashion keyrings, and all the male students lost their words and were captivated by her flashy entrance.

Including me!

“Hey, it’s been a while since I’ve been in this classroom. Nice to see you. I’m a third-generation graduate, your senior, and a third-class ability user, but let’s skip the details. Those who are “receiving commendations today, gather up front!”

Her tone was extremely casual.

Is this sister the ‘great person’ who came from the police station to give us the commendation?

“Then, monster Han Nam-jin! You’re first! But monster? What kind of call sign is that?”

“Yes, I’m DiCaprio Han Nam-jin.”

“Thanks to you guys, we succeeded in subduing a troublesome group called the ‘Villainers’! The problem is that this morning, Sama Jun and Yeom Hoon were slaughtered by the ‘Judicator’!”

…Huh? What? Didn’t I just hear something incredibly important as if it was nothing?

When everyone was buzzing, the female police officer took out a piece of paper from her bag and handed it to us.

“Blah blah, yada yada – hereby commend you! Anyway, you guys are amazing! Even though you haven’t graduated yet, you subdued a Level 3 ability user and their minions! Honestly, I got goosebumps! Everyone, applause-!”

Clap clap clap-.

With the playful response of the policewoman, all the students clapped, perhaps forgetting or trying to forget the surprising remarks just made.

Honestly, it always feels good to receive everyone’s attention.

It’s always thrilling!

“What should I do! It’s been so long since I received applause like this!”

“So, honestly, I’m a little embarrassed too.”

“… I want to hide… .”

Unlike me, who was happy to receive attention, everyone from “No Leftovers Day” who fought together couldn’t honestly be happy and felt embarrassed.

They’re still young.

“But it was still dangerous. Because of that, the consideration of real combat for Yeongsa High School students has been reconsidered? Super villains are too dangerous, so from now on, don’t approach bad guys recklessly?”

If the reconsideration of real combat deployment for students has begun, it means that the future where Yoo Yeoreum gets fatally injured or killed by super villains during real combat has become a bit more distant.

But is the story that Samajun and Yeomhun were slaughtered by the “Judicator” true?

However, without a chance to ask about such stories, the policewoman poured out a storm of words.

“And this morning, a missing report for Seo Ga-eul, a student from Class F, was received.”

“Missing?”

“What are you talking about?”

Buzz buzz-.

The atmosphere was shaken again.

The more surprising story followed.

“And I, Inspector Jin Ri-hyun, believe that the mastermind behind Seo Ga-eul’s disappearance is in this Yeongsa High School. What I want to ask is, please don’t turn yourself in. “I want to catch you half-dead myself.”

Crack-. As the woman loosened her hands and revealed her sharp fangs with a smile, the name Inspector Jin Ri-hyun suddenly came to mind.

In the past, Chief Kim Jang-dong said, “Among my subordinates, there’s one who can detect lies incredibly well. It’s really hard to hide my preferences from that guy─.”

A Level 3 ability user who can detect lies.

For me, such a disastrous existence has invaded my school life?

It’s truly a female disaster!

Who am I so unlucky because of?

“Han Nam-jin! What tool should I bring from the treasure hall! Huh? When I get home today, I should brag to my mom that I received a commendation! All the furniture has been seized lately, so I’ve been depressed, but a commendation certificate is totally lucky bikini!”

# # #

“In that critical moment, I turned the banknotes into chocolate! Since the concept has entered the application stage, I think I’ll soon be a second-grade.”

“Catching a third-grade wanted criminal with chocolate? I can’t believe it.”

“And they say Deok-hee played a crucial role? Deok-hee, is it true? How did you do it?”

“……”

When break time came, the news that a student had caught a third-grade special criminal attracted the kids’ interest, and they flocked to Team “No Leftovers Day,” making a racket like a marketplace.

Many kids also gathered around me.

“Nam-jin, they say you fought a third-grade ability user alone to buy time! How did you do it? Did you show your underwear again this time?”

“What underwear are you wearing now? Show us.”

“Hey, Kim-jin! What are you saying! Asking to see underwear! Kyaaa!”

Kyak-kyak-. The laughter of the girls was very pleasant to hear.

They say that every man experiences a peak of popularity at least once in his life. Could it be that I’m experiencing that now?

“Sh-shut up! I can’t sleep because of the noise! ​​Everyone, get away!”

Bung-bung-. At that moment, Baek Yeoul, who was lying next to me, swung the frying pan “Unlucky Peak” at the girls.

“Ah, what’s up, Baek Yeoul.”

“Just sleep. Why are you suddenly acting crazy?”

Kim-jin and her flashy gang, like delinquent older sisters, clicked their tongues and backed away, seemingly started by Bbangdaengi’s fierce aggression.

Bbangdaengi, not satisfied with that, said to me.

“Ha Nam-jin! You said you liked Seo Ga-eul! You even made a wedding invitation! How can you be giggling with other girls when Seo Ga-eul is missing? Is that all your feelings amounted to?”

I never expected Baek Yeoul to hit the nail on the head.

It was uncertain what changes Seo Ga-eul’s widely known disappearance would bring to my daily life.

Especially the policewoman who started patrolling the corridor was the biggest variable.

“…Inspector Jin Ri-hyun was a third-year graduate, and her call sign during her student days was ‘Sixth Sense.’ She had an exceptionally good intuition….”

Lunchtime. We gathered on the playground and ate bread from the store, and Deok-soon, who knew a lot, boasted some knowledge about the policewoman.

A woman with good intuition─.

In fact, the policewoman had asserted that the culprit behind Seo Ga-eul’s disappearance was in this Youngsa High School.

“Is it true that Yeom-hoon and Sa Ma-jun are dead?”

Bbangdaengi tilted her head. Soon, Chang-sik raised his custom-made Youngsa High School smartphone and searched for various contents, then shook his head.

“It seems there’s nothing released on the internet. It might be under an embargo.”

That Yeom-hoon is dead.

Yeom-ho deserved to die, but in the distant future, in a ruined world, he had once lit the fire of a collapsed power plant alone, saving people from the harsh winter cold.

I didn’t know why he did such an altruistic act, but even I had to admit that many people survived because of him.

In other words, the reason I didn’t kill or cripple Yeom Hoon was that I thought an eternal punishment of being a ‘human coal’ suited him better than a death sentence.

I also thought about meeting him and beating him up whenever I got bored.

Kill that guy?

I didn’t know who that ‘Judge’ was, but I didn’t like how he frequently interfered with my plans. Clap.

At that moment, Geum Tae-seong clapped his hands.

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“Let’s stop talking about gloomy stuff. By the way, you guys are going to choose your ‘treasures’ this afternoon, right? There was something I wanted from the treasure exhibition too. Ah, I should have just skipped my part-time job I’m really jealous.”

Geum Tae-seong was our team member, but he couldn’t join this operation because of his part-time job. Honestly, I was quite disappointed too.

If Geum Tae-seong, who had the concept of ‘reversal,’ had been with us, our operation itself would have been different.

“Tae, Tae-seong, is the thing you want by any chance the ‘World’?”

For some reason, Deok-soon spoke in a loud voice, drawing everyone’s attention to him. Then, with a face flushed red, Deok-soon added in a flustered manner.

“Ah, no, it’s nothing.”

# # #

A very large auditorium was built underground at Yeongsa High School. To be precise, it would be better to call it a bunker, a nuclear shelter.

However, what was inside was not a shelter.

“Don’t stay in there too long. It’s a place where all sorts of concepts are mixed, so it’s not good for the mental health of awakened ones like you. You can only bring out one item.”

Following Captain Kang Cheol-min’s words, we entered the ‘treasure exhibition’ with quick steps. Would it feel like this if we entered an incredibly large library?

“I once visited the British Museum with my family on a trip, and this reminds me of that…”

Bbangdaengi Baek Yeoul showed an unusual way of speaking.

The British Museum? Is that in England? To think he went to such a place on a family trip, Bbangdaengi was indeed a born bourgeois.

Suddenly, I felt annoyed.

“Ouch! Why did you pinch my butt?”

“Just because.”

While Bbangdaengi glared at me and huffed, I saw a doll stored in a glass case.

It was a porcelain doll that little ladies in romance fantasies would like.

There was even a note attached to the shelf.

【Caution! – Doll D-107 imbued with the concept of ‘Possession Lv.2’】

Creak, click.

The doll waved its hand at me.

“What kind of cursed doll is this?”

The treasure hall was filled with such items.

I had a strong desire to look around at various things, but in fact, since before I entered the treasure hall, there was only one type of “treasure tool” I was aiming for, so I didn’t want to waste time.

It would be nice if there were items imbued with concepts like “trickery,” “lies,” or “disguise.” That way, I could escape the investigation net of the keen-sensed policewoman.

While wandering around the treasure hall with that feeling, a familiar item caught my eye.

【Caution! – Concept Unknown Sword W-002】

A concept unknown sword.

It was a short Japanese sword.

The reason this item caught my eye was because the maple leaf pattern decorated with mother-of-pearl on this scabbard reminded me of Seo Ga-eul’s waist, which I had seen in the shantytown.

This is Seo Ga-eul’s sword. To be precise, it’s the sword that future Seo Ga-eul possessed.

“Concept unknown….”

Does it mean that even tools that reveal concepts couldn’t figure it out?

I wondered if I could see it with my ’emotion’ eyes, and as I looked for a long time, letters appeared.

“Name: Maple – Wakizashi

A sword made by a master craftsman of the century. All owners of this sword met a terrible death.

Possession: 《???》 – The level of emotion is insufficient to peek at this.”

So that’s how it is.

Seo Ga-eul also had the concept of 《???》. It must be a concept of a higher grade than my “emotion” level, so I can’t confirm it.

Even so, that sword was definitely a good tool.

That’s why future Seo Ga-eul was using it.

“But pass.”

It’s not the item I need right now.

It was when I was wandering around for a long time.

“Ugh-. Just a little more─.”

I saw a big butt.

To be precise, I should say that I saw Baek Yeoul’s skirt up the ladder, reaching for a high item.

“Yeoul, it’s white today?”

“Yaaah! Don’t look─?”

Clatter, clack-.

Baek Yeoul, who was struggling to cover her butt, seemed precarious and eventually fell off the ladder.

Crash, bang-! Swoosh-.

A chaotic situation in many ways.

I, who was below, also had the misfortune of being crushed under Baek Yeoul’s butt.

“Guah!”

“Huh! S-sorry! But at least it didn’t get completely messed up! Lucky!”

Lucky? What luck. The coins that were in the “storage” jar all spilled onto the floor.

“Such bad luck.”

“It’s… it’s your fault!”

As I got up, brushing off my body, and started picking up the coins from the floor.

Instead of coins, I grabbed something else.

Click.

Something round.

It was round but had a hole in the middle, so it wasn’t a coin.

It was so transparent that it was almost invisible.

What is this?

As I frowned at this strange phenomenon, letters appeared.

“Name: Seed – Ring

A ring that the Fairy King of the Great Labyrinth tried to hide until the end. It does not reveal itself easily.

Possession: Unfold to see in detail ☜

《???》 – Your level of emotion is insufficient to peek at this.

《Deception Lv.2》 – It is as secretive as a jester. It mixes a bit of chaos into the owner’s words and actions.”